[Finished] 2nd Battalion York & Lanc's & my 1st landship

Welcome back,
                           Well it’s been a long time in the making but I’ve finally got another update ready and this time there are even pictures to prove that there has been progress (I must apologise for all the picture free posts recently but without a reliable computer it has been difficult to get them sorted). 

I’ve made progress on three new units, first of all I began by continuing with the 2^nd Battalion of the Yorkshire and Lancashire regiment, this unit has frustrated me since I started it before Christmas, the Baccus marching strips were a lot more work than I originally thought and left me severely de-motivated, however they are finally finished and are looking decidedly splendid.

The 2nd Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment flank the HMLS Defence

The 2nd Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment flank the HMLS Defence

Four companies from the 2nd Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment escort the HMLS Defence

 

 The second unit that I began was the first of my Landship’s, based upon a Pendraken 10mm Mk V Tank it turned out even better than I imagined, the size of the model fits quite nicely with my Baccus and looks quite convincing (in my eyes at least) as a Landship.  I was in two minds about the colour scheme, I was initially drawn to a predominately white scheme that I’d seen on some 28mm VSF tanks but I’m not really that confident painting white and so I considered painting them in the same scheme as my British aeronef’s but I felt there was too few areas that I’d be able to paint buff, that just left me the scheme that I finally settled upon, not too much white, a little brass and a little colour.

HMLS Defence

HMLS Defence

HMLS Defence

Ad-hoc British Brigade supported by the landship HMLS Defence and naval brigades from HMS Atropos & HMS Panther

The third unit that I have made progress on is the 17^th Lancers, no pictures of these at the moment as all I’ve done is paint the horses, I do hope to have them done within a couple of weeks though.

Haarken

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Ladies & Gentlemen,

                                    Welcome to my humble blog. 

I have for many years been a lurker on the fringes of many online communities, enjoying the fruits of other people's labours without truly giving anything back myself. With the beginning of a new VSF project i felt that now was the time to stop lurking and start being proud of my own creations  thus giving something back to all those communities that have given me so inspiration. 

Ok so first up we have some British Infantry in Khaki from the Baccus 6mm Colonial Range, initially i was considering a purely colonial project and intended to recreate the 1885/6 and 1898 Campaigns in the Sudan hence the Khaki, after having a good look at those Campaigns and an unhealthy amount of time on the Lead Adventure forum I decided to take the project in a more VSF direction. Since they were almost finished i kept this battalion in the Khaki colours but the rest of my force will almost certainly be dressed in scarlet.

Anyway on to the pictures.

A Company, 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

A Company, 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

So with the first infantry battalion done it's on to the next unit, it's a toss up between some Highland or a Naval Brigade... hmm decisions... Anyway I hope that's whetted your appetite for future posts. 

Andrew "Haarken" Sewell